VB Forum / General / February 2006

I need to be able print all files from a particular folder using VB.
I've tried the shellExecute function to print them one by one, but for
some reason they all don't make it to the printer all the time.  They
are all PDF files.

say I have a loop in a loop in a loop,
where would I put the doevents?
For iFile = 1 to iNumFiles
   'doevents here ?

it's not about the looping nor do until , my question is not related to
programming language .... i have this weird problm that sucks my head a
lot ...
1. i created a backup files and i transfer it in a different hardisk

How can I implement a column selector so the user can choose what columns he
wants so se in a listview?  One similar to the one in Windows Explorer...

I need a way to 'activation key' protect an app for a small market.  Anybody
know of a simple way to do this without spending a lot of $$$?  thanks.
Chuck

I want to let a user specify a directory (folder) name, then I want to
check to see if it exists already. If it doesn't, I'll use MkDir to
create it. Any suggestions on the best way to check for existence of a
folder?

I am developing a vb application that allows users to view pictures in
different formats. It also includes road maps in autocad format. Does
anyone
know if a visual basic control exists that can do the job?

I posted this in the controls section, but I dont think that was the
right area... so I'll repost it here. If this is wrong please delete
it.
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I have been trying to solve a problem for a few days involving VB code
accessing an Internet Explorer browser, navigating to a URL, and
attempting to manipulate the resulting web page, clicking links and
such.  Some problems I'm having are related to the page being composed

I have a form with MANY textboxes and listboxes on a form.
It is OK when screen resolution is greater than 800x600.
At 800x600 some controls become not visible.
I want to add scroll-bars (vertical and horzontal) to view /access the

In ASP.NET using Datasets and storing them in Session memory for ASP.NET
applications gives you the ability to cache frequently used information and
save a trip to the DB.  In a .NET Windows Form application you can do the
same thing using a class.

So how do I get hold of Mabry software?  Their support is non-existant.
I have emailed them over the last several months and they dont reply.
They also dont reply to my voice mail messages either.
Their MIME/X mail control is FULL of bugs,... and a major memory leak.

I still use VB6. I tried to debug my whole program but the flow of the
execution just goes back to the first form to where it starts. For example, I
have two forms, form1 and form2. In the form1, it has the code "form2.Show".
When I reach to this code, it jumps to form2.load ...

How can i do this with out my program getting stuck and not printing
out my document?
      Do Until Word.BackgroundPrintingStatus = 0
        DoEvents

I am writing a VB6 program that will remotely look at about 40
machines.  On each of the machines, there is a 3rd party program that
writes out a configuration file with local drive letter mappings, not
UNC mappings.